Fwd: Re: Ransom Virus

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Now that is funny!!


On 2014-06-20 00:46, Lyle Tuttle wrote:
> Someone should have told the IRS about backups.....
> 
>> well, I wish your friend a lot of luck. The encryption is very
>> difficult to break and would likely take longer than its worth.
>> 
>> This is why I strongly recommend daily backups of important data. I
>> have already seen this on my windows laptop. Fortunately, I had
>> already made a backup of the entire system. So, It was easy for me
>> to erase using a Linux rescue disk and then put the old OS back in
>> place. THe only reason for me to have windows at all around here is
>> for some of the windows specific applications that are able to be
>> used with JAWS (screen reader for the blind). All the rest of the
>> time I spend on either the Linux partition on this mac, or OS X
>> (where I do all my mail).
>> 
>> So, there you have the lesson. Backup, backup, and more backup
>> (even make a backp of the backup).
>> 
>> -eric
>> 
>> On Jun 19, 2014, at 7:19 PM, Ralph Prowell wrote:
>> 
>>> Just recently a friend of mine opened an outlook message that
>> asked her to download a program that turned out to be a ransom virus
>> and has encrypted all of her Microsoft office files and are wanting
>> her to pay a ransom of $500 to get her files back.
>>> 
>>> Has anyone had any success in retrieving these ransom files from
>> an infected machine? If so please contact me if you have any ideas
>> how to retrieve these files.
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> Ralph
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
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